(2023-08-28). Putin confirms Modi his absence from G-20 Summit in India next month. plenglish.com New Delhi, August 28 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will represent Russia at the upcoming Group of 20 (G-20) Summit, President Vladimir Putin confirmed in a telephone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
(2023-08-28). BRICS and G77+China: A Historic Transformational Opportunity By: Alejandra Garcia. midwesternmarx.com world leaders attending the BRICS Summit in South Africa. photo: Alejandro Azcuy The BRICS group, an alliance of leading emerging economies formed by Brazil, Russia, India, and China in June 2009 with South Africa coming on board in 2010, concluded its first face-to-face meeting on Thursday after three years of impasse due to the health crisis caused by COVID-19. From August 22-24, Johannesburg, South Africa, was the scene of key discussions in an ever-changing geopolitical landscape.Pre …
(2023-08-28). The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, but They Will Not by Themselves Change the World: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2023) By: Vijay Prashad. midwesternmarx.com 
Mao Xuhui (China), '92 Paternalism, 1992. Dear friends,Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.In 2003, high officials from Brazil, India, and South Africa met in Mexico to discuss their mutual interests in the trade of pharmaceutical drugs. India was and is one of the world's largest producers of various drugs, including those used to treat HIV-AIDS; Brazil and South Africa were both in need of affordable drugs for pat …
(2023-08-28). Will India be able to deal with Google's adtech monopoly? peoplesdispatch.org Indian media houses and publishers are losing revenue due to Google's monopoly. The present competition regime in India, along with the Digital Competition Act, seems inadequate to address the issue…
(2023-08-29). Trump's Pastor: If America Elects Hindu Vivek Ramaswamy, There Will Be 'Strange Gods In The White House'. moguldom.com Vivek Ramaswamy has emerged as a leading Republican candidate, but now his religion is coming under attack. Ramaswamy, the son of immigrants from southern India, is a practicing Hindu. His faith has been attacked by both the Ron DeSantis campaign and Hank Kuneeman, a pro-Donald Trump pastor, self-christened "prophet," and 2020 election denier. Kunneman recently spent a …
(2023-08-29). BRICS Influence in Shaping the Global Financial Landscape and Its Implications for Developing Economies Like Zambia. infobrics.org We explored the BRICS economy—an alliance of emerging market economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Now, we shift our focus to examine BRICS' potential impact on the global financial system. As global economic and political dynamics change, we'll explore what this means for developing countries like Zambia…
(2023-08-29). BRICS and the English-Speaking Caribbean. orinocotribune.com By Wayne Kublalsingh — Aug 25, 2023 | August 24, 2023, marked a dramatic shift in the course of global history. BRICS, the nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced that they were admitting Argentina, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates into its fold. | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has calculated that the larger BRICS Plus formation is worth roughly 30 per cent of the globally economy, that is US$30.7 trillion. BRICS Plus is home to 46 per cent of the global population, 3.7 billion citizens. Its share of oil production is now 43.1 per cent; and…
(2023-08-28). Haitians Reject Kenya's Plan For Armed Intervention. popularresistance.org A Kenyan assessment mission arrived in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on August 20 to evaluate the security situation in the Caribbean country. The 10-member mission met with senior officials of the de-facto government led by Ariel Henry, the police, and the diplomatic corps of other nations during its three-day visit, which concluded on August 23. The visit and the plan was condemned by progressive organizations and rights groups which strongly opposed foreign intervention. | The delegation's visit came weeks after Kenya offered to lead a multinational police force in Haiti to help improve its security and stem…
(2023-08-28). Protests Break Out In Libya Over Rumors Of Normalization With Israel. popularresistance.org Libya is experiencing more political turmoil with rare popular demonstrations witnessed in different parts of the country on Sunday, August 27, following reports that the Tripoli-based Government of Nation Unity (GNU) was attempting to normalize relations with Israel. | Protesters in cities such as Al-Zawiya, Tajoura, and Tripoli, among other places, blocked roads and burnt the Israeli flag while shouting slogans against the GNU and Israel. Some of the protesters stormed the foreign ministry office in Tripoli. | The protesters expressed solidarity with Palestine and warned that if the government goes ahead with t…
(2023-08-28). When He Was Vice-President, Joe Biden Acted Like Ukraine Was His 'Own Backyard': Fired Ukraine Prosecutor. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Chinese Navy's hospital ship leaves the Solomon Islands for East Timor. ecns.cn
(2023-08-28). Trade unions and communists condemn French state's persecution of energy workers' leader Sébastien Menesplier By: Peoples Dispatch. midwesternmarx.com 
Sébastien Menesplier, the leader of the National Federation of Mines and Energy, was summoned by the police for his role in organizing a strike against the unpopular pension reforms. Unions and the French left have termed it an unprecedented escalation of attacks on labor organizing French trade union leader Sébastien Menesplier Workers' organizations and progressive movements in France denounced the state's attempt to persecute Sébastien Menesplier, nat …
(2023-08-28). Law enforcement in HK brooks no interference and national security law brooks no challenge: spokesperon. ecns.cn The common will of people from all walks of life in Hong Kong to safeguard the rule of law and order and the prosperity and stability of the SAR is unswerving, and the Chinese Government and people are also determined to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests, the spokesperson of the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the HKSAR stressed on Sunday.
(2023-08-28). Expanded BRICS seen as antidote to conflict. ecns.cn Experts have hailed the entry of Middle Eastern countries into the BRICS bloc of developing nations, seeing it as bringing national shared interests closer together in a region long constrained by conflict.
(2023-08-28). China's special envoy: BRICS expansion is of great significance. ecns.cn On August 24, 2023, the Press Center of Chinese Delegation held a briefing for Chinese and foreign media in Johannesburg, South Africa, and invited Special Envoy on BRICS Affairs and Director-General of the Department of International Economic Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Li Kexin to brief the media and take questions from the press.
(2023-08-28). China makes breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion tech for new-generation 'artificial sun'. ecns.cn A view of China's self-developed Huanliu-3 nuclear fusion reactor, the country's new-generation "artificial sun".Huanliu-3, the country's new-generation "artificial sun," realized high-confinement mode operation with a plasma current of 1 million amperes for the first time, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
(2023-08-28). Perennial Gaokao taker decides to retry college entrance exam next year. ecns.cn Tang Shangjun, a perennial exam taker, announced on Saturday that he would take Gaokao, China's national college entrance examination, again in 2024.
(2023-08-28). Sunday 9/17: #Climate Emergency: March to End Fossil Fuels 2023 – NYC, Nationwide & Globally. indybay.org
(2023-08-28). Safety tips to prevent heat-related illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org From Texas to Minnesota, much of the country's midsection will be melting this week…with extreme heat watches, warnings and heat advisories posted in many areas. Temperatures will be pushing 100 degrees with heat indices even higher. According to the National Weather Service, the prolonged nature of the heat wave and very warm overnight temperatures will compound the impact of the heat. Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion and heatstroke can be life-threatening and often prevented. Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion…
(2023-08-28). Peehee Mu'huh Massacres Commemoration, Nipple Rock, Nevada. indybay.org 3rd Annual Commemoration of Peehee Mu'huh Massacres – Gathering at Nipple Rock. Saturday, September 9th, 2023 11am – 1pm | Peehee Mu'huh has two known massacres. One massacre that gave Peehee Mu'huh its name and a documented massacre on September 12th, 1865. There are over 1,000 cultural sites at Peehee Mu'huh and 56 of them are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. People of Red Mountain and others will gather to commemorate these massacres and the history of our sacred landscapes.
(2023-08-28). Malaysia: Books are not a crime! Solidarity with Toko Buku Rakyat in Malaysia. greenleft.org.au 
The International Union of Left Publishers condemned the raid on a left book store in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur by the Ministry of Home Affairs, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-08-28). On September 2, Worldwide Rallies For Julian Assange At Australian Embassies. popularresistance.org Recently (29 July 2023), US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on a visit to Australia, rejected the call by his Australian counterpart to put an end to the U.S.'s judicial persecution of Julian Assange. Blinken justified his refusal by saying that Assange, with his revelations of US/UK war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, had "risked causing very serious harm to [US] national security." | But notice his choice of words. Blinken did not state that Assange had actually caused harm (as was claimed at the time of the revelations); he is simply alleged to have risked — hypothetically — causing harm, which…
(2023-08-28). Dominican Republic: Literature and colloquiums at the Book Fair. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) Multiple cultural activities today welcome visitors to the XXV Santo Domingo 2023 International Book Fair, which takes place in the Juan Pablo Duarte Plaza de la Cultura, in this capital.
(2023-08-28). US weaponizes environmental rhetoric to seek water hegemony. infobrics.org Managing water access is one of the great challenges of this century, and one should expect to see many more disputes and conflicts arising over that issue, both intra-nationally and internationally.
(2023-08-28). For a Convergence of the Uncorrupted. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Cudenec It sometimes baffles me how the global ruling class, whose core is tiny, manages to hold 99.9% of humankind under its domination. The criminocrats use every weapon in the book to achieve this, from propaganda to police violence, from bribery to blackmail, from dishonesty to debt. But one of their main ways of keeping us…
(2023-08-28). Petrodollar Be Warned: Three Persian Gulf Energy Powers Join BRICS. libya360.wordpress.com MK Bhadrakumar The BRICS revealed its geopolitical priorities when it added three Persian Gulf states to its once exclusive roster of members. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have been strategically included to put an end to the petrodollar. The leitmotif of the BRICS Summit meeting in Johannesburg on 22-24 August has been, expectedly, the expansion of…
(2023-08-28). Ukraine: The Wunderwaffe Delusion. libya360.wordpress.com Chay Bowes Why Ukraine's Western backers are happy to feed Zelensky's fantasies about American F-16s The 50-year-old jet won't turn the tide of the conflict in Kiev's favor, but it profits its partners to keep pretending As the Western establishment media begrudgingly accepts what many analysts have long predicted — that Kiev's counteroffensive is a…
(2023-08-28). Unease Over New Zealand Overtures to US in Pacific. libya360.wordpress.com Mick Hall U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in Wellington on July 27. (State Department, Chuck Kennedy, Public domain) New security-state documents show Wellington aligning its military with the "rules-based international order" while preparing Kiwis for war with key trading partner China Recent reports from New Zealand's security state…
(2023-08-28). Ecuadorian presidential candidates redesign campaign strategy. plenglish.com Luisa González, from the Citizen Revolution (RC) movement, and Daniel Noboa, from the National Democratic Action (ADN) coalition, will have that time trying to win 4.2 million votes. | González won 33.62 percent of the votes in the first round of the elections on August 20th, and now she is focusing on social networks, posting videos with the intention of capturing the attention of the young electorate. | The RC candidate changed her appearance, looks sporty, and no longer alludes to the past in her speech, instead,she is stating that there is little left to transform fear and violence into protection and well-b…
(2023-08-28). The Three M's: Mutual Aid, Magnanimity and Meals on Wheels. dissidentvoice.org 
While August 19 was International Humanitarian Day, just a short stone's throw from the Waldport Post Office is a hub of volunteers and one director feeding the soul of the needy on a weekly basis. For manager Nicole Person, her 10 years of service with Meals on Wheels in Waldport have been a lesson in …
(2023-08-28). IYSSE holds well-attended anti-war meeting at Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka. wsws.org IYSSE and SEP members campaigned at the campus prior to the event, explaining the growing threat of world war and the international socialist program required to prevent it.
(2023-08-28). "They were giving people the goods": UPS workers speak out against national contract as Teamsters announce ratification of Chicago local deal. wsws.org Only days after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters declared that a national agreement at UPS had been ratified in a vote clouded by suspicion, the union announced the passage of another deal affecting UPS workers in Chicago and the Midwest.
(2023-08-28). 60 Years After March On Washington, Black Economic Inequality Persists. popularresistance.org Black Americans have endured the unendurable for too long. Sixty years after the famed March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech, African Americans are on a path where it will take 500 more years to reach economic equality. | A new report, Still A Dream, coauthored by Institute for Policy Studies and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, examines the economic indicators since 1963. Our country has taken significant steps towards racial equity since the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s.
(2023-08-29). Michael Jordan Becomes Wealthiest NBA Player Of All Time With $3.5 Billion Net Worth. moguldom.com Superstar National Basketball Association player Michael Jordan's net worth has soared to an estimated $3.5 billion, solidifying his position as the richest basketball player in history. This revelation from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Jordan's recent surge in wealth is attributed in part to his strategic business moves, such as his sale of a majority stake …
(2023-08-29). Niger: Mass Protests Against French Troops Intensify. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Anti-French protesters rally in support of the Niger's military government on August 28 in Niamey. Photo: Issifou Djibo / EPA / TASS France refuses to withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger, and reiterates its threat of supporting military invasion by ECOWAS, while the regional bloc itself is "determined to bend backwards to…
(2023-08-29). BRICS Establishes a New International Order. globalresearch.ca
(2023-08-28). Can America survive the tyranny of incompetency? sonar21.com 
Elon Musk's Space X Dragon capsule docked four astronauts to the International Space Station last week. Space X fills the void since it is an impotent NASA that can no longer launch…
(2023-08-28). Sixty Years Later, We Can Make King's Dream a Reality. ips-dc.org Sixty years ago, Dr. That 1963 rally on the National Mall was the culmination of two decades of marches focused on ending employment discrimination and demanding greater job opportunities for African Americans. The organizing manual for the March on Washington made it plain: "We march to redress old grievances and to help resolve an American crisis. That crisis is born of the twin evils of racism and economic deprivation." | In what wo…
(2023-08-28). Israeli Minister Eliyahu: The Palestinians Aren't Under Apartheid, They're Just in a Prison Camp. scheerpost.com 
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Other members of the the extremist Jewish Power Party are adding fuel to the firestorm that broke out last week when the party's leader and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir asserted that Israeli rights to move around the Palestinian West Bank took precedence over Palestinian …
(2023-08-28). Guatemalans celebrate return of 'Democratic Spring' as potential violence threatens transition. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Guatemalans flocked to public squares all over the country as results came in on August 20, waving the country's sky-blue flags and setting off fireworks late into the night. Chanting "Sí se pudo" or "Yes, we could" and singing the national anthem, they celebrated the victory of a new president that few expected would rise to the top before the first round of voting on June 25. "We are going towards a new s…
(2023-08-28). Israel's Sex Assault Law Isn't About Protecting Women. It's About Racial Purity. truthout.org On July 30, the Israeli Knesset passed a sexual assault law showing, as Israel's sole liberal newspaper put it, that the "processes of fascism are in full swing." The law doubles the penalty for sexual assault offenses that were "nationalistically motivated," however defined. In other words, sexual attacks by Arabs against Jews will face harsher sentences if prosecutors can prove the assailant was… |
(2023-08-28). Ed Poindexter has been a political prisoner for 52 years. His family just wants him to come home. therealnews.com 
After 52 years of incarceration, Edward Alan Poindexter is among the longest-serving political prisoners in US and world history. Originally part of the "Omaha Two," Poindexter and Mondo we Langa, both leaders of the Omaha Black Panthers, were convicted of the murder of Omaha police officer Larry Minard in 1971. Poindexter and we Langa's case has long been a subject of scrutiny, with Amnesty International recommending a retrial for both men in 1999. We Lenga passed away in 2016 after years of poor health, and now Poindexter's family members fear he could face a similar fate unless he's released on medical a…
(2023-08-28). Taghreed al-Akhras calls for international solidarity to liberate Palestinian prisoners. samidoun.net 
Taghreed al-Akhras, the wife of Maher al-Akhras, Palestinian leader who has been on hunger strike for the past six days after being seized from his home by occupation forces on 23 August, appealed for action and solidarity from people's movements and the Palestinian people in exile and diaspora to support the prisoners. In a message …